Yarnbomber puts teeny Speedo on huge Denver statue

A Denver sculpture wears a Speedo with the state flag made by local artist Kyle Williams who as an artist goes by k-wullums. (Provided by Kyle Williams/Denver Post)

Not many people see it as Speedo weather in Denver, but, thanks to a yarnbomber, a huge statue is wearing a traffic-stopping bikini bottom.

Guerrilla artist Kyle Williams suited up one of the lanky, 60-foot-tall figures of Jonathan Borofsky's “The Dancers” in a teeny swimsuit sporting the Colorado flag.

Williams said he came up with the idea because he frequently drives past the downtown statues as he delivers orders for Cosmos Pizza.

“The original idea was cargo shorts, but then we were joking around, and my friend Andy said it would really be funny if we did a Speedo,” Williams said.

It took nine skeins of yarn and about 3 and 1/2 weeks for Williams to diagram, design and crochet Project Speedo. Before being draped and secured with zip-ties, the garment was roughly 15 feet long.

Kyle Williams who as an artist goes by k-wullums stands by the sculpture after putting on the underwear. (Photo provided by Kyle Williams/The Denver Post)

Instead of waiting until dark, Williams and some friends showed up at the statue's feet at midday Sunday with a ladder and a 15-foot pole rented from Home Depot. They worked purposefully as a nearby police officer looked on.

One man was on the ladder, guiding the fabric with a rope and the pole, as Williams clung to the statue's leg, working quickly with the zip-ties.

“If you look at it from the front, it looks kind of like a diaper, because it's a little too big, but the side facing Speer (Boulevard) looks just like a Speedo,” he said.

“That night, as I was delivering pizzas, every time I went by, I would just laugh and laugh and laugh.”

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